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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
   to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
   {Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand},
   and cf.{Destine}.]
   1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
      persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other
      means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
      unreasonableness.

            I have known great cures done by obstinate
            resolution of drinking no wine.       --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.

            No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.  --Pope.

            Of sense and outward things.          --Wordsworth.

   2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
      fever; obstinate obstructions.

   Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
        persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
        refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. --
        {Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.

資料來源 : WordNet®

obstinate
     v : persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all
         rational arguments"

obstinate
     adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: {cussed}, {obdurate},
             {unrepentant}]
     2: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
        contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
        perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: {contrary}, {perverse},
         {wayward}]
     3: persisting in a reactionary stand [syn: {stubborn}, {unregenerate}]